Patents by Inventor Naofumi HIRABAYASHI

Naofumi HIRABAYASHI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11813849
    Abstract: A tape printing apparatus includes: a storage control unit that causes a storage unit to store a text file that contains a text in association with information that indicates a type of a printing tape; a detection unit that detects the type of the printing tape that is a target of printing; an extraction unit that extracts, out of the storage unit, the text file associated with the information that indicates the type of the printing tape detected by the detection unit; and a display control unit that causes a display unit to display the extracted text file as a selection candidate for the text file that is to be printed on the printing tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naofumi Hirabayashi
  • Publication number: 20210300068
    Abstract: A tape printing apparatus includes: a storage control unit that causes a storage unit to store a text file that contains a text in association with information that indicates a type of a printing tape; a detection unit that detects the type of the printing tape that is a target of printing; an extraction unit that extracts, out of the storage unit, the text file associated with the information that indicates the type of the printing tape detected by the detection unit; and a display control unit that causes a display unit to display the extracted text file as a selection candidate for the text file that is to be printed on the printing tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naofumi HIRABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20200094578
    Abstract: The print data generation device includes a controller that generates print data so that when the arrangement order change option that instructs a change in the arrangement order of a plurality of character strings to be printed side by side on a tape in the first direction of the tape is operated, the plurality of character strings is printed side by side in the first direction in the arrangement order different from that before the arrangement order change option is operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naofumi HIRABAYASHI, Masahiro OIDA, Hideki OIKAWA, Makoto TAKADA
  • Patent number: 9804806
    Abstract: A tape printing device includes: a display unit which displays a printable area on a ribbon decoration preview which is a preview of a completed ribbon decoration; an input unit which input information; an acquisition unit which acquires the inputted information; and a print data generation unit which generates print data for printing a print image based on the acquired information, on a ribbon tape. The print data generation unit decides a print position of the print image on the ribbon tape according to an arrangement of the printable area on the ribbon decoration preview.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Coporation
    Inventor: Naofumi Hirabayashi
  • Publication number: 20160291903
    Abstract: A tape printing device includes: a display unit which displays a printable area on a ribbon decoration preview which is a preview of a completed ribbon decoration; an input unit which input information; an acquisition unit which acquires the inputted information; and a print data generation unit which generates print data for printing a print image based on the acquired information, on a ribbon tape. The print data generation unit decides a print position of the print image on the ribbon tape according to an arrangement of the printable area on the ribbon decoration preview.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: Naofumi Hirabayashi
  • Patent number: 8928916
    Abstract: A display device which performs previewing of print data for printing an image on a tape including: a division data generating unit for dividing the print data into N parts and thus generates N division data (where N is an integer that is greater than or equal to 1); and a previewing unit for loading a target division data including a target area of the previewing, of the N division data, into a work area and sequentially reads out the division data from the work area, thus performing the previewing; wherein the division data generating unit decides a value of the N in accordance with a tape width of the tape and a tape length in the case where the print data is printed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Takada, Naofumi Hirabayashi
  • Publication number: 20140307269
    Abstract: Provided is a display control method including: obtaining an attachment position image which is an image of an attachment position to which a label having a printing image printed on a printing medium is attached; generating a preview image of the label on which the printing image is printed; generating a synthesized image obtained by overlapping the attachment position image and the preview image; displaying the synthesized image on a display portion; receiving an operation from a user to change the synthesized image in a state where the synthesized image is displayed on the display portion; and displaying the changed synthesized image on the display portion, based on the operation in the receiving of the operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Naofumi Hirabayashi, Minoru Kasahara, Junpei Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8821047
    Abstract: A printing system includes: a control device configures to generate print data; and a printer configured to print the print data transmitted from the control device on a tape, wherein the control device includes a status information acquisition section for periodically acquiring status information including a tape width of the tape loaded in the printer, a display section for displaying an editing screen of the print data and the status information, and a display control section for performing a display control of the display section, and the display control section performs display control of the display section to display a present tape width based on the latest status information acquired, as the status information, on the display section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Naofumi Hirabayashi, Makoto Takada
  • Publication number: 20130002721
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display section for displaying, in an editing screen, a preview display region showing print data on a printing medium image; an operating section for specifying an arbitrary position in the preview display region; and a display control section for performing display control of the display section in accordance with operation performed by the operating section, wherein when image data in the print data is displayed in the preview display region and a display region of the image data in the preview display region is specified by the operating section, the display control section performs display control of the display section to display an image selection screen for selecting the type of the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Naofumi Hirabayashi, Makoto Takada
  • Publication number: 20130004223
    Abstract: A printing system includes: a control device configures to generate print data; and a printer configured to print the print data transmitted from the control device on a tape, wherein the control device includes a status information acquisition section for periodically acquiring status information including a tape width of the tape loaded in the printer, a display section for displaying an editing screen of the print data and the status information, and a display control section for performing a display control of the display section, and the display control section performs display control of the display section to display a present tape width based on the latest status information acquired, as the status information, on the display section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Naofumi Hirabayashi, Makoto Takada
  • Publication number: 20130003123
    Abstract: A display device which performs previewing of print data for printing an image on a tape including: a division data generating unit for dividing the print data into N parts and thus generates N division data (where N is an integer that is greater than or equal to 1); and a previewing unit for loading a target division data including a target area of the previewing, of the N division data, into a work area and sequentially reads out the division data from the work area, thus performing the previewing; wherein the division data generating unit decides a value of the N in accordance with a tape width of the tape and a tape length in the case where the print data is printed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Takada, Naofumi Hirabayashi
  • Publication number: 20100208216
    Abstract: [Problem] There is provided a projector and the like capable of appropriately preventing image light from being projected without an intention in the state in which the image light of the projector can be projected in accordance with an operation of a remote controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Naofumi Hirabayashi
  • Publication number: 20070052733
    Abstract: An image display device for adjusting an image based on a parameter set including a plurality of parameters and displaying the adjusted image, includes a storage section that stores a plurality of the parameter sets, a selection section that prompts to select desired one of the plurality of parameter sets stored in the storage section, and an image adjustment section that obtains the parameter set selected by the selection section and adjusts a display condition of the image based on the obtained parameter set, wherein the selection section displays the parameters included in each of the parameter sets stored in the storage section when prompting to select the desired one of the plurality of parameter sets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naofumi HIRABAYASHI, Shunji MARUYAMA